The Lauren Jones Blog

With a strong eye for fashion and a successful career as an Actress and Model, Lauren Jones has the kind of charismatic personality and skill level that motivate fans to look to her as a fashion leader. These attributes combined with a refined hand for creation, an undergraduate degree from Parson's School of Design in New York City, and a life on the red carpet allow Lauren Jones to deliver shoes for women that are on-trend and which celebrate classy, chic, and glamorous style. Lauren Jones Shoes are always high quality designs, exquisitely embellished with innovative hardware, luxurious satins, colorful fabrics, and trim from around the world. Together with Co-Founder Av Goodman, this dynamic duo bring more than 30 years of experience in the footwear fashion industry.

An astute business team, Lauren Jones and Av Goodman recognized a void in the marketplace in 2009. Women everywhere were incredibly passionate about fashionable, comfortable shoes at attainable price points. Subsequently, Lauren Jones Bridal shoes emerged, offering high fashion, well-crafted selections complete with a comfort feature perfect for brides on their wedding day. This was just the beginning as demand for Lauren Jones Shoes quickly emerged, skyrocketing the brand to success. Lauren Jones Footwear now offers a full lifestyle collection of women's shoes, delivering styles from flats to pumps, espadrilles to platforms, wedges and boots.

In the US, Lauren Jones is available at fine department stores and independent specialty retail stores. Internationally, Lauren Jones is available at multiple locations and countries worldwide.

Visit www.LaurenJonesCollection.com to learn more.

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Lauren Jones | Up Next...

So what's next? Just gearing up for the June FFANY shoe show where we will be showing our hottest new collection of Lauren Jones shoes, boots, flats and footwear! Not only is the collection brand spanking new but it's oh-so-exciting because we are introducing some really cool new trends... including wedges (finally!), espadrilles, cork, interesting fabrcis, colors and more. Get ready for a HOT collection that will knock your socks off. Also next on the list is another shoot for my eMoney campaign in Philly. I will make sure to take some behind the scenes photos and post them for ya. It will be a blast because we don't take ourselves too seriously while we are on set, although we DO work really hard. We laugh and have a good time together so work and fun blend together. ...And as long as I can remember all my lines and nail my scenes, we are all smiles! ;-)

XOXO Lauren Jones

Lauren Jones Footwear | How did it begin?

A lot of people want to know how Lauren Jones Footwear came about. It's actually an interesting story! While working in Los Angeles on a few projects in the Entertainment world (being a Barker's Beauty on The Price is Right, working on a DVD series called "Baywatch Beach Body Workout with Lauren Jones" and on the FOX reality hybrid show Anchorwoman) I had the unique good fortune of meeting Av Goodman, the President of shoe brand Martinez Valero at Katana, a sushi restaurant, on Sunset Boulevard. As a sushi connoisseur, I knew exactly what to order and when Av leaned over and asked what I recommended from the menu. I had the tastiest selections committed to memory so I spewed off the best of the best. We ended up asking the normal nice-to-meet-you questions like, "Where are you from and what do you do?". It turned out that we had a similar passion: shoes! I liked to wear them and he ran a company that was 100% devoted to them. At that moment, he said he would send me a pair and in exchange I would wear them on the red carpet for my FOX Anchorwoman premiere party. We stayed in communication for the next two years and Av later reached out to me to model for Martinez Valero after my role as "Cheyenne" in feature film "The Expendables". I took on the job with excitement, however, I had bigger plans in mind. I expressed to Av that I wanted my own shoe line. Afterall, I had a degree from Parsons School of Design. I knew I could design better than the next guy. At first, this seemed like a lofty aspiration but after many meetings and discussions, not to mention a ton of hard work and designing, what was first just an idea became four not so cute samples out of China. One thing led to another and our passion for our idea of Lauren Jones Footwear grew. Today, we are partners in Lauren Jones Footwear, a privately held company makes gorgeous shoes at attainable price points and which does business with fine retailers such as Nordstrom, Belk, Kleinfeld and more. We distribute Lauren Jones Shoes both nationally and internationally and we are growing every day! Make sure to check out our latest collection for Fall 2011. We have added fur and fringe boots which will be available for the first time through Boston Proper catalog. So if you ever have an idea, make sure you see it into fruition. Nothing is unobtainable in this world. If you can dream it, you can achieve it.
XOXO, Lauren Jones

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Lauren Jones Footwear | SHOES SHOES SHOES!

Join us as we grow and move into our next, newest and most exciting season yet! Lauren Jones Footwear, FALL 2011... COMING SOON! Boots, fringe, fur and more! Shop the Lauren Jones Footwear, Shoe, Boot, Sandal, High Heel, Pump and Wedge Collection NOW at http://www.nordstrom.com/, http://www.endless.com/, at Alfred Angelo Bridal stores nationwide, select Belk department stores, Kleinfelds in NYC and more!